Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from January 2010, page 5

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from January 2010

Stop Parading Self as Egbema Monarch, Thinkan Warned.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Festus Ahon and Emma Arubi THE people of Egbema Kingdom in Warri North local government area of Delta State, and their Ovia South-West counterparts in Edo State, have called on Delta State government to stop one Mr. Isaac Thinkan from...

Abide by Agreement, Host Communities Tell Shell, NAOC.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Emma Arubi THE Federal government has been charged to direct Shell Petroleum Develop-ment Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to abide by the agreements reached with their host communities for the sake of peace and...

Abedi Tips Eagles for Semi-Final.
January 21, 2010... Africa's football legend, Abedi Pele Ayew, has tipped Nigeria to qualify for the semi final of the 27th African Cup of Nations ahead of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun. Speaking on Super Sports, Abedi who won his first Nations Cup gold...

NFF Says Eagles Are Better Without PTF, Cites Case.
January 21, 2010... The Nigeria Football Federation will prefer that the Presidential Task Force stays away from them in Angola where they are prosecuting the on-going Africa Cup of Nations. Their feeling is an indication that the cold war between them and PTF...

The Lost Journey to Cabinda.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Paul Bassey In order to whip up support for the country, one of the things the NFF did was to write to states asking that the associations should endeavour to come to Angola and support the Eagles. Some states responded positively...

Uduaghan Bags CBN's Micro-Finance Award.
January 21, 2010... Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has emerged the best governor in Central Bank of Nigeria's Micro-finance award. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday in Abuja, presented Governor Uduaghan with a commemorative plaque for the...

As Troops Take Over, State Holds Mass Burials.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Taye Obateru A TANK rumbled through the troubled city of Jos, yesterday, as soldiers escorted a truck loaded with bodies to a mass grave after four days of inter-religious clashes left some 300 dead. With a 24 hour curfew relaxed...

Lukman Laments Low Gas Utilisation.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwanu Lukman, yesterday, described as unacceptable, the abysmal low domestic gas utilisation in the country, in spite of the fact that the nation is ranked the 7th largest gas...

Ministers Will Not Betray Yar'Adua - Yayale.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Inalegwu Shaibu The Federal Executive Council will not betray President Umaru Yar'Adua by provoking constitutional clauses to remove him from office on health grounds, the Secretary to the Government of the...

Benue Police Arrest 17 Suspected Cultists.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Peter Duru The Benue State command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehen-ded no fewer than 17 suspected cultists at the bank of River Benue. The alleged suspects were said to have been arrested at 2a.m. Tuesday, in the middle of...

LG Rescues Five Prison Inmates.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Reprieve came the way of five prisoners in Owerri Federal Prisons, who have no money to pay the fines slammed on them five years ago, courtesy of Owerri Municipal Council. The Transition Committee Chairman of Owerri...

Soldiers' Withdrawal From JTF in Edo, Illegal - AC.
January 21, 2010... The Action Congress (AC) has described the withdrawal of soldiers from the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Edo State as an illegal act and a ploy by the PDP and its collaborators to rig Saturday's re-run poll in Etsako local government. In a...

Anambra - Ngige Embarks On Voter-Education.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Dennis Agbo FORMER Governor of Anambra State and governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, Dr. Chris Ngige has embarked on voters education in the state for the February 6 governorship election, asking prospective voters to...

Group Asks Govt to Fish Out Perpetrators of Jos Violence.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah A pressure group, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on the government to fish out the perpetrators of the religious violence in Jos which has claimed lives and property worth billions of naira. In a...

My Father Lied, I Was Never Killed, Muyideen Alayande Tells Court.
January 21, 2010... Byline: AbdulWahab Abdulah Muyideen Alayande, son of Alhaji Rasheed Alayande, alleged to have been killed for ritual purposes, surfaced before an Ikeja Magistrate's Court, yesterday, maintaining that he was never murdered for any ritual as...

Bankole, Anyim Disagree Over Overseas Education.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Luka Binniyat The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and former Senate President, Senator Pius Anyim, who lead 40 other eminent Nigerians to the Speaker, disagreed on a legislation that would censure...

Not Just Jos.
January 21, 2010... IT is defeatist to look at riots as if they were indigenous to Jos, the Plateau State capital, which has had an unfair share of them. Riots, unrests, and variants of them, have become common Nigerian ways of expressing their anger at a...

NUC Scores Bellstech High in Accreditation Exercise - Vice Chancellor.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun The results of the accreditation exercise conducted by the National Universities Commission (NUC), has placed Bells University of Technology, Ota on a high pedestal among public and private universities in the...

Edo PDP Absolves Self of JTF Withdrawal.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has absolved itself of the decision by Defence Minister, General Godwin Abbe, to withdraw soldiers serving in the Joint Task Force (JTF) set up by the state government to...

Court Restrains Firm, Others Over Anamco Assets.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court, Lagos has restrained a firm, Atfreecal Ltd, Mr Jacques Gelin, Mr Nathaniel Abimaje and the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, from selling, disposing, transferring and dealing with the property and...

Where Are the Young People?
January 21, 2010... Byline: Okachi N. Kpalukwu Africans and Nigerians all over the world watched proudly as Barack Obama took over the mantle of leadership as the president of the United States . Now we are watching him perform with confidence. We are...

FG Adopts New Tax Policy.
January 21, 2010... The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday adopted the Draft National Tax Policy for implementation with effect from 1 January 2010. The Minister of State for Information and Communications, Alhaji Aliyu Bilbis, disclosed this while...

In Defence of Absurdities.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Richard Tosanwumi NIGERIA, our country was frontally assaulted by two major events at the close of the year 2009, which have greatly dented the collective hegemony of the Nigerian people, and bruised their international ego and...

CPP Blasts INEC Over Ngige.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Emeka Mamah National Chairman of the Citizens Popular Party, CPP, Chief Maxi Okwu, has expressed shock over the alarm raised by Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige, the governorship candidate of the Anambra State's Action Congress, AC, for the 6...

Anyim, 40 Others Storm Senate Over Electoral Reform.
January 21, 2010... Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President, yesterday led some eminent Nigerians to the National Assembly, asking for a speed up in the electoral reform process. Anyim, who was the head of a 41-man team, under the aegis of "Concerned...

Follow Constitution, Say Clark, Saraki.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Chris Ochayi The Northern Union and South Souh Elders and Leaders Forum have jointly asked the National Assembly to authorise Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to become Acting President without further delay. The forum, which took the...

Benue Indigenes Return With Tales of Woes From Jos.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Peter Duru Following the renewed hostilities in parts of Plateau State, hundreds of Benue indigenes resident in Jos, the state capital, have fled back to their state with tales of woes that has befallen the state and its inhabitants....

Clark Flays FG, Jang Over Mayhem.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Henry Umoru FORMER Federal Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark has called on both the Federal Government and the Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang to stop playing politics with the crisis in Jos if the problem must be nipped in the bud....

Police Arrest Seven Over Kidnap Attempt.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike FOR attempting to kidnap a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Godwin Ezeuko, seven persons including a lady, are now in police net in Enugu. Police detectives from the Enugu Police Command arrested the seven suspects...

Riot - Education Not for the Poor, Says UNN VC.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike STUDENTS of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, yesterday briefed leaders of thought in the area and blamed the outbreak of the students' protest in the institution on the Vice Chancellor, Professor Bartholomew Okolo....

Jos - Senate Rejects Agitation for State of Emergency.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Senate yesterday brushed aside spirited moves for the imposition of a state of emergency in Plateau State on account of the continuing crisis in Jos, even as it adopted a resolution for the immediate implementation...

EFCC Arraigns Five Over Alleged Visa Forgery.
January 21, 2010... An end appears to have come for five young men who allegedly dupe United Kingdom (UK) visa applicants as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday in Lagos arraigned them before Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of an Ikeja High Court....

Yar'Adua - Locals Suffer Unduly, Say Anyim, Mantu, 39 Others.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Inalegwu Shaibu A DELEGATION of 41 eminent Nigerians led by a former President of the Senate, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim and his Deputy, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, yesterday, called on President Umaru Yar'Adua to...

23, 230 Policemen for Anambra Polls.
January 21, 2010... The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, says it will deploy 23,230 policemen to ensure peaceful conduct of the Anambra governorship election, slated for February 6. Mr Yemi Ajayi, the Deputy Public Relations Officer and a Chief Superintendent...

Radical Changes - Kanu, Yakubu, Yobo, Taiwo, Olofinjana Out of 2010 World Cup.
January 21, 2010... Byline: John Egbokhan The end of the road is near for underperforming Eagles' players who are to be axed from the team after the Africa Cup of Nations, following the resolve of the Nigeria Football Federation and the Presidential Task Force...

Moving Ahead, Looking Back.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Ikeddy Isiguzo IT is not possible to move ahead when we have not determined past issues that affect our sports, moreso football, which tends to hold us down with all the indifference with which we run it. As Angola winds down, it...

Okocha Wants Lulu's Job.
January 21, 2010... Byline: John Egbokhan Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha is angling to become the Vice-President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), when elections hold in August. The battle to be on the next board of the NFF is the next big...

Ali Wants Oliseh in Super Eagles.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Onochie Anibeze One time chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, Yusuf Ali is aware that the authorities are now searching for a technical adviser for the Green Eagles. He, however, wondered why they allowed things to...

Enugu Monarch Confers Title on Shekarau's Aide.
January 21, 2010... SPECIAL Adviser on Inter-Community Relations to the Kano State Governor, Mr. Chris Azuka, has been honoured with a chieftaincy title of Dike Ndigbo by the traditional ruler of Mbu in Isiuzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, Eze Gabriel...

Imo Laments High Cost of Fighting Crime.
January 21, 2010... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Imo State Government says it has spent huge sums of money in its current battle against crime and criminals in the state, especially kidnapping. The Security Adviser to Imo State Governor, Mr. George Eguh, who...

Ngige Pledges to Boost Power Supply.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Dennis Agbo ACTION Congress, AC, governorship candidate in the February 6 election in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige has pledged to generate 300 megawatts through a proposed state Independent Power Plant in the second quarter of...

Anambra - HDP Candidate Hopeful of Victory.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu Hope Democratic Party, HDP, governorship candidate for the February 6 election in Anambra State, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu says he is sure of emerging victorious in the election, going by his contributions towards the...

Unilag Boosts Academic Activities, Revenue Through Wireless Area Network.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Dayo Adesulu As part of the developmental efforts of Professor Tolu Odugbemi, the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos the Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WiMAN) which will cover the three campuses of the university- the main...

Africa Leadership Forum and the Training of Youths.
January 20, 2010... Both the Legislative Internship Programme (LIP) and the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) are two initiatives of the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) that have, over the years, been doing the Nigerian youths a lot of good. Every year,...

Yabatech Reviews Strategic Plan of Action.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun Following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Olubunmi Owoso as the Rector of Yaba College of Technology in December last year, Mrs. Margaret Kudi Ladipo, the new rector of the first tertiary institution in...

Enugu Residents Set Eswama Dumpsters Ablaze.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike NO fewer than 70 dumpsters belonging to Enugu State Waste Management Authority, ESWAMA, have been set ablaze by some angry residents of the coal city, who are protesting the inability of the authority to evacuate refuse in...

Oshiomhole to Deliver Lecture on Credible Election.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Sam Eyoboka ABOUT 14 months to the crucial general elections in 2011, the Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has accepted to deliver the keynote address of the 2010 Mukoro Mowoe Memorial lecture which will focus on credible...

EFCC Quizzes Kano Govt Officials Over N50 Million Sallah Gift.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Abdulsalam Muhammad The Economic and Financial Crimes Commi-ssion, EFCC, yesterday, quizzed three top Kano State Government officials in connection with an alleged N50 million Sallah gift. EFCC's action was sequel to a petition by...

Jos Crisis - Army, Police on Alert in Neighbouring States.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Emeka Mamah The Army and the police have been put on red alert in Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and other states surrounding Plateau State to avoid a spillover of the Nasarawa-Gwom Jos crisis which has led to death of several people and the...

Cargo Tracking Levy is to Fund Safety and Security Matters - NPA Boss.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Godwin Oritse THE Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Malam Abdul-Salam Mohammed has said that the proceeds of the newly introduced Cargo Tracking Note levy collection is to be used in financing safety and security...

Juju Scare - Ekiti Assembly Sets Up Probe Panel.
January 20, 2010... The Ekiti State House of Assembly has set up a panel to probe the source of fetish objects found at the assembly's premises last week. On Monday, fetish objects, stained with blood were discovered within the vicinity of the offices of the...

Citibank Set to Reward Micro-Entrepreneurs in Country.
January 20, 2010... Citibank Nigeria has restated its commitment to the development of the micro finance sector in the Nigeria, announcing its preparedness to reward outstanding micro-entrepreneurs in the country in the years past. According to a statement by...

Insurance Stocks Dip as NSE Market Value Rises by N11 Billion.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Michael Eboh The bullish run on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued, Tuesday, as the value of listed equities appreciated by N11.47 billion. This was in spite of the decline recorded in the share prices of major companies in...

Govts Should Comply With 1 Percent Budgetary Provision for Microfinance.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Amaka Agwuegbo The Managing Director of Good Neighbours Microfinance Bank, Mr. Ikechukwu Awa, has asked state and local governments to comply with the one per cent budgetary provision for microfinance and on-lend to microfinance...

CBN Increase Forex Supply to Halt Naira Depreciation.
January 20, 2010... The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday halted the persistent depreciation of the naira as it increased foreign exchange supply by 40 per cent $350 million. The amount supplied was about 40 per cent higher than the $256 demanded by...

Stakeholders Oppose MSA Bill, Canvases for Better Funding for Nimasa, Navy.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Godwin Oritse Stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector were unanimous in their condemnation of the Maritime Security Bill which proposes to establish a Maritime Security Agency for the country. This fact came to the fore, at...

Country Accounts for 60 Percent of Ghana Foreign Investment - GIPC.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Yinka Kolawole Nigerian businesses account for about 60 percent of foreign investment in Ghana, aided by the enabling investment climate of the West African country. Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Ghana Investment...

Nafdac Impounds N100 Million Worth of Fake Drugs.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Chioma Obinna THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday impounded a consignment of anti malarial tablets, LONART(R) worth over N10 million, even as it sealed two pharmaceutical shops in...

Fashola Lauds Kutigi for Swearing in Katsina-Alu as CJN.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Kenneth Ehigiator and Oamen Areguamen Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Wednesday defended former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi's swearing-in of his successor, Justice Alloysius Katsina-Alu, in the...

Delta North Backs Uduaghan for 2nd Term.
January 20, 2010... SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Okonta, has said Delta North senatorial district would support the plan by the three senatorial districts of the state to return Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for a second term in 2011. ...

Osun - Oyinlola Begins Defence.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola Wednesday began the defence of his 2007 gubernatorial election in the petition filed against him by the Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate, Mr Rauf Aregbesola....

Tension in Agbarho as 2 Die in Vigilante Custody.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire THERE was pandemonium at Agbarho community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, yesterday, when the corpses of two citizens allegedly seized by members of a vigilante team in the...

Nupeng Proffers Solution to Unending Fuel Scarcity.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young For over two months, normal socioeconomic activities have been disrupted due to unending scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol. It is worsened by government's inability to resolve the...

Eagles Zoom Into Quarter Final.
January 20, 2010... A brace by Nigeria and Locomotive Moscow forward, Osaze Odemwinge, helped Nigeria to a deserved 3-0 win over Mozambique and a ticket to the quarter-final of the 27th African Cup of Nations. The Nigerians waited till the 45th minute before...

Cross River in Moves to Control Malaria.
January 20, 2010... Cross River State government has put a machinery in motion to ensure that it attained the universal coverage target of two nets per house-hold in its malaria control and prevention programme by December, 2010. Special Adviser to Governor...

Day of Blood and Destruction as NURTW Gang Attacks Marwa Operators.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Bose Adebayo It was supposed to be a noble initiative to bring sanity to the state chapter of the Three-wheeler Association (Marwa operators), a branch of the Nigerian Road Transport Workers, NURTW but it ended up in a fracas. And at...

NBA, Aondoakaa Disagree Over Transfer of Powers.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN, yesterday turned the valedictory court session of the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,...

Assembly Raises Panel on Benue Properties.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Peter Duru The Benue State House of Assembly has raised an alarm over large-scale fraud allegedly perpetrated against the government by managers of the government-owned proper-ties spread across the country. Consequently, the House...

Jos Records Relative Peace, Large Casualties.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Taye Obateru and Daniel Idonor RELATIVE calm returned to Jos, the Plateau State capital, yesterday, amidst outcry by some citizens of the menace of fake soldiers said to be silently invading homes and shooting innocent people. At...

Yar'Adua - Senators, Attorney-General Hold Close-Door Talks.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu A select group of Senators who are lawyers yesterday held a close door meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aoandoakaa with a view to find solution to the controversies generated by the...

Ex-Militants Accuse Presidential Panel, Banks of Sabotage.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Samuel Oyadongha Ex-militants in the Niger Delta have accused the Federal Government Presidential Amnesty Imple-mentation Panel of conniving with some banks (names withheld) to derail the amnesty programme. According to the...

Amodu Pockets N9 Million, Eagles N6 Million Each.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Tony Ubani NIGERIANS heaved a big sigh of relief yesterday when the Eagles breathed life into their game and soared into the last eight of the Orange African Cup of Nations in style. With an emphatic 3-0 pounding of Mozambique, the...

Construction Workers Vow to Pull Out of Niger-Delta.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young ORGANISED Labour in the nations's construction and wood work industry has condemned the killing of innocent workers by men attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta and vowed to pull out members...

Monarch Makes Case for Medium-Scale Enterprises.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Enyim Enyim The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe has called on the Federal and Anambra State governments to assist medium scale industries in the state to ensure their continued existence in the face of the present global economic...

Youths Obstruct Assemblymen's Arrest.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem A mild drama ensued in Edo State yesterday as youths prevented the over fifteen armed mobile policemen from Abuja who stormed the state to effect the arrest of two Action Congress House of Assembly members, Kabiru...

Keep Away, Northern Leaders Tell Military.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Emma Ujah, Sam Eyeboka and Daniel Donor As the political impasse created by President Umaru Yar'Adua's 58-day absence from office over his ailing health continues, the Northern Union, NU, has said there was no vacuum in the Presidency...

Deregulation - NLC Disowns Lukman.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Funmi Komolafe The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reiterated that it has not accepted deregulation, contrary to the claims of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman, that all stakeholders have consented to the...

SGF Briefs Senate On Yar'Adua's Health.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Daniel Idonor The Senate, yesterday, suspended further action on the fate of President Umaru Yar'Adua till tomorrow when it is expected to take a briefing from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,SGF,...

Olu of Warri Disclaims Community.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Emma Arubi THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II (CON), has disclaimed a letter, allegedly written from Tisun community in Warri North Local Government Area, to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Managing...

Police Arrest 19 Kidnap Suspects in Abia.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Anayo Okoli ABIA State Police Commands said that it arrested 19 suspected kidnappers in the state between October and early part of this month. The arrest came at a time the Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr....

2011 - Delta Lawmakers Clamour for Re-Election.
January 20, 2010... AHEAD 2011 general elections, majority of the legislators in Delta State House of Assembly are clamouring for a comeback, including those spending their third tenure. As a result of the clamour, some of the legislators are allegedly having a...

Fuel Crisis - FG Has Failed - Ahmadu Ali, PPPRA Boss.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Yemie Adeoye THE new board Chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, yesterday said that the federal government has failed in the entire downstream sector of the petroleum industry and...

Quo Vadis.
January 20, 2010... Byline: Edmond Etu SEVERAL years ago, the Japanese government sent some bright students to Harvard not to acquire new knowledge but to associate with future political and business leaders of the United States. They could not be lured to stay...

Is Everyone a Robber?
January 20, 2010... THE police can go to ridiculous ends to cover its poor investigation skills. Sometimes it intimidates suspects in order to extort money from them. A case in point, obviously one of the many that managed to get to public attention, is that of...